What makes a summer’s day just right?
Sunshine and heat and a tandem ride to the beach for starters…
…a tall cool McDonald’s strawberry mango smoothie to follow, a refreshing shower and a nap out back from happy exhaustion in the dappled seclusion of the willow…
Upon waking, juicy cold sailboat slices of watermelon till thirst is quenched and tummies tight ( :
A broiled salmon steak fished from local waters for supper and then a quiet perusal of the garden in the balmy evening and some industrious compost turning just because making dirt is so much fun!
And at close of day a glorious billowing sky of gold and silver clouds to the west and a full arc of brilliant rainbow to the east…tying up the day as if it were a custom gift from God to us.
All these make a summer’s day just right. What more could I ask?
But then today dawned and I couldn’t resist a little hike to a favorite ‘perch’ on the side of Scout…
And I sat and wrote and read the morning away, lapping up the luxurious warmth of another rare summer’s day…
And I took pictures…
…pictures of every summery thing that struck my fancy…Well, not everything, the bumper crop of crimson huckleberries hanging daintily by the roadside I didn’t think to photograph. I plucked little tangy handfuls and ate them instead!
Flowers everywhere are celebrating summer…
Some with great fanfare…
Others lollygagging about…
The most exquisite bears thorns… she is the blackberry’s forerunner.
And at last, home to my own flowers.
My very own first Gerber Daisy… looking artificial were it not for the rumple of wind and weather…
A quintessential summer’s day would be incomplete without the bumbling buzz of bees, hard at work while we play…
Here’s hoping you too are enjoying the essence of summer where you are. What makes a summer’s day just right for you? Drop a comment in the box before you head back out the door to smell the roses!
–LS
